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ACTION: NE/NAOE (272) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG,
CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,
ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)

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2513392 FEB 98 ADDI 22381

SEC RE T 2513372 FEB 98 STAFF

CITE ADDIS ABABA 22381

TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO.

FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI, AF/HG, AF/OPS,
CIC/AF

WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARD

SLUGS:

SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/32

REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779
B. CATRO 85035 98 0176920

TEXT:

PLS SEE PARA 2.

1. ACTION REQUIRED:

2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S
CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND
INFO ON SUDAN, AND HOS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/ 32
(SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND
LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O’'S RESIDENCE (REPORTED
SEPARATELY). - PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ’S FILE (IT WAS
INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1) .

3. 12 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT
MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEETING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM
2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI
INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF C/O LEARNED
ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA
5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF

PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.
4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: C/O INVITED SUBJ TO

U.S. EMBASSY’S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB
DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND
SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS

AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED WITH ISRAELI SECOND
SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ((YITZHAKY)).

SUGGESTED MEETING

19 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O _AT EMBASSY,

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(0030-0330). SUBJ PAID FOR DRINKS. HIs SPOUSE

y RETURN TO ADDIS CIRCA EARLY MAY. SUBJ SAID HE WAS DISTANCING
HIMSELF FROM EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN SAPAH (PHONETIC) AND ADDED, "BEFORE
IT LEAVE ADDIS, I HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. I’LL TELL YOU WHEN THE
STORY IS FINISHED. A LOT GOES ON HERE. SUBJ MENTIONED ISRAELI
TRADE FAIR AT SHERATON HOTEL 25-26 FEBRUARY (THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC
COUNSELOR WAS INVITED). REGARDING RAMI HATAN, SUBJ SAID HE WAS AWARE
HATAN WAS SINGLE, LIVED IN BOLE AREA, WAS A FIRST TOUR OFFICER. THE
RUSSIAN DELEGATION (PARA 3) WAS HERE FOR ETHIOPIAN TANK (T-55)

2EFURBISHMENT ; RECENT ISRAELI DELEGATION WAS HERE TO BID ON T-55 AND
AIRCRAFT REFURBISHMENT (CORROBORATED BY 2/00/1607-98, 1919342 FEB 98;
AND 2/00/1584-98, 191609Z FEB 98). SIX OROMO OPPOSTTIONISTS WERE
IEXTRADITED FROM DJIBOUTI TO ETHIOPIA. FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA IS
VISITING ADDIS WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY; HE IS A WOMANIZER AND MAY VISIT
CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. HE HAS THREE BODYGUARDS, BUT THEY ARE NOT
"PROFESSIONALS." SUBJ PAID EQUIVALENT US$ 60 TO BLOOD TEST LOCAL
GIRLFRIEND HELEN, “SHE'S ALL RIGHT." REGARDING SALARY, SUBJ IS PAID
"PRETTY WELL" AND WORKS HARD TO "EARN THE PAY." UPON PARTING, SUBJ
SAID, "SLEEP WELL, I WON’T SAY HAVE NICE DREAMS BECAUSE WE (1.E.,

INTEL OFFICERS) DO NOT HAVE NICE DREAMS."

AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB

6. 20 FEBRUARY: LATE DINNER WITH SUBJ AT LION CLUB, THEN
CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. TWO BUSINESSMEN (A SAUDI NAMED SALAH LNU WHO
DEPARTS ADDIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY, AND A JORDANIAN NAMED MAHMOUD LNU,
BOTH CONCORDE REGULARS) JOINED SUBJ AND C/O. BUSINESSMEN SPOKE OF
EXPORTING ETHIOPIAN CATTLE TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALSO SPOKE OF HORSES AND
CAMELS. SUBJ’S EMBASSY OFFICE IS BEING REMODELED BY AN ETHIOPIAN
INTERIOR DESIGNER, A SUBORDINATE WATCHES THE DESIGNER AT ALL TIMES.
SUBJ' WILL HAVE C/O OVER TO THE OFFICE ONCE IT IS FINISHED. SUBJ WILL

BE BUSY WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY DUE TO VISIT OF MOUSSA.

7. 21 FEBRUARY: C/O VISITED SUBJ'S HOME AND OFFICE (WHICH WAS
BEING PAINTED; HAD ONLY CHAIRS AND A BOOKCASE; MAHMOUD LNU, AN ;
EGYPTIAN, SUPERVISED ETHIOPIAN PAINTER). FCSTANDARD CHIEFS POSTED |
ABROAD HAVE USE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AS DOES SUBJ. ETHIOPIANS |
TAP DIPLOMATS’ OFFICE AND HOME PHONES. DURING CONVERSATION WITH c/o, |
SUBJ TURNED ON TAPE PLAYER FOR SOUND MASKING AND EXPLAINED HIS HOME
HAD NOT YET BEEN TESTED FOR BUGS ( A SIMPLE TEST IS TURN OFF ALL

APPLIANCES AND CHECK ELECTRIC METER; THERE IS ALSO A MORE
IN CAIRO AND HAD C/O SPEAK

SOPHISTICATED TEST). SUBJ PHONED SPOUSE
WITH HER. SUBJ GAVE C/O TWO SMALL GIFTS (MARBLE HEAD OF NEFERTITTI
AND PAPYRUS PAPER PAINTING). SUBJ’S BROTHER-IN-LAW (A POLICE MAJOR)

IS NO GOOD, HE ASKS HIS. FATHER-IN-LAW FOR MONEY. SAUDI ATTACHE WADIE
A. AL- ( (THAGAF IS yma BE BE_THE SAUDI_INTED_OFFECERTINTADDI'S7_BUT-SUBE

VocNOE vET_SURE" ISRAEL IS NO GOOD; ISRAEL WAS BEHIND THE<dJFK>
* <ASSASSINATION . > SSUBJACHEATED ONTHTS WIFE_ONDY THREE TIMES (ADTTIN

ADDIS IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS; HE FEELS GUILTY BUT REMAINS FOND OF
HIS LOCAL GIRLFRIEND HELEN, WHOM HE DOES NOT BRING HOME FOR FEAR HIS
HOUSEHOLD HELP WOULD TELL HIS SPOUSE). OWNER OF CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB
SMUGGLES MERCURY (NFI), HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS AMONG ISRAELIS AND
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT .

8. 22 FEBRUARY: A LENGTHY, SUBSTANTIVE CONTACT AT c/o's

RESIDENCE WHICH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.

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